tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post3164896627054636041..comments2023-10-29T15:38:25.023+00:00Comments on Reading List: Tories Agree Inflation-Busting Rise In AllowancesOranjepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150901449640162740noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-67034843883626740222009-07-24T23:08:13.684+01:002009-07-24T23:08:13.684+01:00As it appears Anonymous is arguing amongst him/her...As it appears Anonymous is arguing amongst him/herself, i would like to suggest that logic permits that an inflation equalling rise would be fair enough. Any thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-77316870302629492592009-07-24T01:34:28.252+01:002009-07-24T01:34:28.252+01:00Thank you Anonymous at 17:12, but I'm not Rik ...Thank you Anonymous at 17:12, but I'm not Rik Willis.<br />Unfortunate to see your position is to waste tax payers money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-46205069461194283562009-07-23T17:12:58.744+01:002009-07-23T17:12:58.744+01:00Rik Willis at 1337: the Tories in Reading voted ag...Rik Willis at 1337: the Tories in Reading voted against the Budget which froze allownaces. They then came up with a tokenistic and minuscule reduction of less than ten grand.<br /><br />I think in Windsor the Tories raised allowances by 90%?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-89403511089418339072009-07-23T14:09:25.863+01:002009-07-23T14:09:25.863+01:00Let's see, do Tories think allowances are too ...Let's see, do Tories think allowances are too high or too low?<br />In Reading they say 'let's reduce them to the level of neighbouring areas'. In those areas they raise them by 9%.<br /><br />The fat cotroller has been eating too much of his own cake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-33979466774466813962009-07-23T13:37:30.945+01:002009-07-23T13:37:30.945+01:00"Tories voted against the allowances freeze i..."Tories voted against the allowances freeze in Reading" - Completley false. Go and do some reasearch.<br />Tories proposed an amendment to REDUCE allowances in Reading, that the Tories passed with the support of the Lib Dems and without the support of Labour.<br /><br />These allowances, despite the reduction, are still lower than the average backbencher in Wokingham.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-28170043546630541242009-07-23T12:00:30.469+01:002009-07-23T12:00:30.469+01:00Anon 2354: The leader of Wokingham gets substantia...Anon 2354: The leader of Wokingham gets substantially more than the leader of Reading. The average spend per cllr between the two is not dissimilar.<br /><br />Windsor & Maidenhead, now that's a different matter....<br /><br />Of course, as has been pointed out, the Tories voted against the freeze in Reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-57395503126581979132009-07-23T01:06:01.235+01:002009-07-23T01:06:01.235+01:00Tories voted against the allowances freeze in Read...Tories voted against the allowances freeze in Reading - proposed by the LibDems and passed with the support of Labour and Independent Jones.<br /><br />The Tories did not make any proposals - they only tried to block any budget from being agreed while lying about it to the press.non-alignednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-65556933994615717572009-07-22T23:54:48.808+01:002009-07-22T23:54:48.808+01:00You are forgetting that this is bringing it more i...You are forgetting that this is bringing it more in line with, but still below, Reading. Utter hypocrisy from the Libs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-69041646176512270862009-07-22T20:10:13.299+01:002009-07-22T20:10:13.299+01:00Wow the Tory council really will look bad give the...Wow the Tory council really will look bad give these massive increasesdazmandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859994295771083457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-51298309816215325462009-07-22T18:49:21.816+01:002009-07-22T18:49:21.816+01:00How can councillors reject the decision of the pan...How can councillors reject the decision of the panel? If they don't like it they can lump it (or go on strike).random leftynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-55543095567115464372009-07-22T18:43:57.993+01:002009-07-22T18:43:57.993+01:00Isn't that because there is nothing good to sa...Isn't that because there is nothing good to say about the Conservatives...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-19712532617606605072009-07-22T18:27:52.363+01:002009-07-22T18:27:52.363+01:00This site is soo biased - you never have anything ...This site is soo biased - you never have anything good to say about the Conservatives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-48333273262036151772009-07-22T17:32:46.435+01:002009-07-22T17:32:46.435+01:00Staggering hypocrisy which just shows what a rabbl...Staggering hypocrisy which just shows what a rabble local Tories are, and the contempt in which they hold local people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com